U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luis E. Rios Calderon ()
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Carolynn Wood, 18th Operations Support Squadron radar airfield weather systems technician, right, works alongside Japan Air Self-Defense Force Capt. Miura Tsunehisa, Air Traffic Control Group liaison, to assemble a Transportable Transponder Landing System with the assistance of Advance Navigation and Positioning Corp. at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 19, 2023. Bilateral operations not only allow the testing of new technology and tactics to shape future operations, but also help enhance the agility and coordination between the U.S. and its allies in order to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.
